Even a 747 or a freight train has nothing on this frightening sound. Major fire storms that result in severe loss of life are often named based on the day on which they occur, such as Ash Wednesday ...

Residents living on the edge of the Grampians National Park, in the communities of Cavendish and Halls Gap, are being told to prepare for difficult days ahead.

Authorities have closed one of Tasmania's most popular bushwalking tracks and forced walkers to turn around due to an ...

CEO Todd Greenberg tweeted that the NRL was "working with all our Clubs, States & @NRL players & @RLPlayers & plenty of former players on a coordinated program to support our communities affected by ...

The bushfire fighting effort at Snug has shifted to creating containment lines to reduce the risk to property and critical assets, the TFS says.

The fire broke out in Margate Plains in the Snug Tiers Nature Recreation Area around 4.40pm, with ember attacks and the ...

The blaze at Snug Tiers remains out of control and has so far scorched an area of over 410 hectares. Incident Controller ...

Major droughts, such as that of 1982–83, and the Millennium drought of 1997–2010 can have a significant impact. Apart from crop failure and stock losses, droughts set the scene for bushfires, dust ...

Two homes in rural Nangiloc, near Mildura, were destroyed as intense heat and lightning culminated to ignite 114 fires across ...

Fire Permits will be suspended from 2am Saturday, February 1 until 2am Wednesday ... and smoke and ash would impact on the ability to breath. Smoke rises from a bushfire at Snug Tiers and Snug ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...